With Islamic State on the march, Lebanon’s Christians must agree on president, says Walid Jumblatt, the most influential figure in Lebanon’s Druze community.
Reuters
With minorities facing death and persecution at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Lebanon’s Christians must lay aside their rivalries and agree on who should fill the vacant presidency, a leading Druze politician has warned.
Walid Jumblatt – Photo: AFP
Walid Jumblatt, the most influential figure in Lebanon’s Druze community, says he is as alarmed as anyone by the rise of the radical Islamist group guided by a puritanical vision of Islam that is a major threat to religious minorities including his own. Continue Reading »
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